Chapter 171 - 166: Attracting Attention
Sitting across from Zhiyong, Huang Lin sighed heavily after seeing him sigh, and said, "My sister-in-law was just busy for a day and didn’t come back, my wife has hardly been at home recently, and my mom keeps urging me to bring her back, but once I do they just argue nonstop. I really don’t know what to do."
Seeing that Huang Lin genuinely looked distressed recently, almost devoid of any smiles, Zhiyong directly advised him, "Don’t resent me for saying this, Huang Lin, but the way your mom is handling this isn’t right. If Juzi’s child turns out to be a girl, are you really going to consider abortion?"
"I..." Huang Lin himself didn’t have a good solution, and he also thought it would be best if a son was born, since his wife did not care about the gender, but it would make things easier to explain to his mother.
He hesitated for a moment, with a helpless look on his face, and said, "I have no way out, my hometown places great importance on having boys, I can’t convince my mom."
Seeing that Huang Lin had a mindset of preferring boys over girls, Zhiyong sternly admonished him, "Huang Lin, I must tell you, we are both soldiers, we shouldn’t have such a gender-biased mentality. If everyone thought like you, what would become of our country, the gender imbalance isn’t a solution either."
Huang Lin glanced at Zhiyong and muttered softly, "Look at you talking like that, don’t you mind if your sister-in-law ends up having a boy or a girl?"
"Of course, as long as it’s my wife who gives birth, I’ll love the child," thinking about how if it’s a girl she would be as pretty and well-behaved as his wife but also impossible to handle when angry, Zhiyong’s heart softened slightly and felt quite pleased.
Hearing Zhiyong’s words, Huang Lin felt moved, and suddenly also thought that having a daughter like his wife, petite and lovely, kind-hearted, would indeed be a nice thing.